Travel Advice - A minor brush with
terrorism

Several years ago, during an extended vacation in Paris, we had planned
to visit the Musée d’Orsay, a short ride on the Metro from our hotel on
the Right Bank. Practicing our recommendation to avoid traveling in rush
hour, we slept in and, then, had breakfast while the Parisians headed
for work.

When we returned to our room to prepare for our days sightseeing, we
noticed that the television news show was displaying a “flash” news
announcement that there had been a bombing at the Gare d ’Orsay station,
which is collocated with the Metro stop for Musée d’Orsay. Although the
damage that day was not great, bombings earlier the same year at other
stations caused 8 deaths and over 200 injuries.

We felt that it was judicious to avoid the museum and found another
attraction to fill our day. We did not consider abandoning Paris for
another location, or cutting our vacation short. We would continue to
enjoy Paris and see the Musée d’Orsay on our next trip (which was a few
years later).